’The Long Walk’s Writer Also Directed One of Last Year’s Most Unpredictable and Ruthless Genre Movies

With 2025 being such a signature year for horror, it's no surprise that Stephen King's catalog has had a notable presence in this year's film lineup. The third King adaptation this year, following Oz Perkins' The Monkey and Mike Flanagan's take on a non-horror story, The Life of Chuck, is The Long Walk, Francis Lawrence's film based on one of the author's formative texts, a dystopian tale set in an alternative United States where contestants must partake in a grueling hike for their lives.